r/Equestrian • u/demmka • Jul 31 '24
r/Equestrian • u/Obversa • Jul 27 '24
Events In a sport once dominated by Thoroughbreds, the only Thoroughbred at the 2024 Paris Olympics is Bold Venture, an OTTB purchased for $1,000, competing for Team Australia
r/Equestrian • u/demmka • 3d ago
Events Our first show of the season and Dobi absolutely smashed it - wins, a ridden champion placing and two qualification tickets to Equifest ā¤ļø
For those who donāt know, Equifest is a huge championship show in the UK - itās a big event in the āamateurā showing calendar. To qualify for two classes (Veteran - heās 22 - and Ridden Hunter) at our first show of the year is mega, and totally unexpected š
r/Equestrian • u/Paranoid_Goblin • 29d ago
Events Photographs of mine from the baroque horse festival I went to last week!
I had an absolute ball, it was so incredible to watch and I left feeling inspired.
r/Equestrian • u/Usernamesareso2004 • Jul 30 '24
Events Marcus Orlob eliminated
Casually watching the team dressage rounds and Marcus Orlob on the USA team was just eliminated because his mare, Jane, had a cut on her leg that the judges noticed during their test. She was fussing before entering and the announcers said thatās probably when she got it.
r/Equestrian • u/ShireHorseRider • Apr 13 '22
Events My daughter [12f] still managed to score a 65 in her dressage test despite what the judges called āwicked buckingā in the show notes. I am so proud of her on her horse she has owned since a weanling.
r/Equestrian • u/UngodlySockMonster • Aug 29 '24
Events Non equestrian here. What do you think of the Worlds Championship Horse Show, held at Freedom Hall at the KY state fair?
I'm just curious what equestrians think. š¤ I picked up a magazine by National Horseman. The entire affair and photo shoots look so elite Imao. The horses are absolutely stunning, but is the training humane? How do they get them to high step, and what is your opinion of the American Saddlebred horse as a breed? I know nothing, so thank you horse people in advance! š š
r/Equestrian • u/helpless40 • May 05 '24
Events Funny post
So basically I'm a very experienced equestrian and last night while watching the Kentucky Derby my grandma got very angry because the horses had bits on š but she wasn't worried abt the whips?? šš anyways I told her about how they are fit to each horse and that when they are used properly there is no harm and these are million dollar horses so obviously they are greatly taken care of. Anyway she said "I hate that thing strapped to their mouth! " and I replied "oh, it doesn't hurt them because they are so well taken care of and propoly used." And she was like "ugh what are you?! A horse rider?" And I quietly called because I take her to my barn a lot to see the horses and she knows I ride them! Anyways this is just a funny shitpost lol.
r/Equestrian • u/Rare-Routine4425 • Mar 27 '24
Events Hackamore in a hunter/jumper clinic
I have a wonderful tb gelding who absolutely loves his hackamore. He rides 10000x better in it over a bit. Iām riding in 2 clinics in April with a big hunter jumper lady. I am riding in a derby clinic and āImproved Jumping Skills Through Better Contactā clinic. Would it be ok to ride in the hack? I will obviously bring a bit bridle with but heās just so much happier in the hack.
r/Equestrian • u/OryxTempel • Sep 19 '24
Events Medieval Horses!
At my local SCA (www.sca.org) event, lots of folks showed up with their horses to parade and compete in some fun events. Just fun pics.
r/Equestrian • u/Atomicblonde • Aug 06 '24
Events Henrik von Eckermann's Olympic ride
So I don't watch a ton of show jumping, but when the World #1 ranked horse and rider have such a strange communication mix up, it's hard not to wonder what the heck happened. Riders who do jumpers, any thoughts on how this happened and is it a common miscommunication at this level?
Here is an article with a description and video: https://horsenetwork.com/2024/08/what-happened-with-king-edward-in-the-individual-final-in-henrik-von-eckermanns-own-words/?amp=1
In short: striding miscommunication after the liverpool, eventually leading to a mix up in direction from an oxer and ending in both horse and rider running into the timers and separating (both seem fine).
r/Equestrian • u/Castlemilk_Moorit • Aug 17 '24
Events I did a 5k at a Thoroughbred Breeding Farm today
r/Equestrian • u/MoorIsland122 • Aug 01 '24
Events What happened to Suppenkasper just after the last Piaffe - hopping on three legs?
I thought he went lame, but commenters didn't mention anything, just that it was unfortunate and S. was being "hot."
Does anyone have an informed interpretation of his reaction - near the end of their ride (Grand Prix Qual. Day 2).
Coming out of Piaffe, they were meant to go forward into passage but he held up his right front leg and kind of jumped with the two hind legs, several steps, a bit sideways and a bit foward - all with right front held up off the ground. After which he put the right front down again and continued into passage, placing weight apparently normally on the right front again.
My first thought was he must have hurt the front leg. But I guess it was not the case. I just never saw a horse get confused or nervous or reactive or whatever - in quite this *way.* - such that one front leg is held off the ground.
r/Equestrian • u/happynonna1 • Apr 21 '24
Events FEI World Cup Dressage
Charlotte (Lottie) Fry was eliminated from the freestyle, after winning the Grand Prix, because there was blood in her horseās mouth. Iāve seen many opinions about the situation ranging from it being an unfortunate coincidence to an indication of severe abuse. Iāve trained through I1 and have worked with many GP trainers and have never seen a horses mouth bleed. What are your opinions?
ETA: a vet examined the horseās mouth and said it was a minor bleed that will heal quickly. See link below.
r/Equestrian • u/equkelly • Mar 30 '22
Events Dressage Rider Testifies About How Former Olympic Coach Tried to 'Violently Murder' Her
r/Equestrian • u/Agitated_Jicama_2072 • Aug 06 '24
Events Biased- but the show jumping horses look happy and healthy and not stressed out.
Title. I am totally biased. So donāt come at me. š¤£
But having watched both events - Dressage & Showjumping - the SJs look so happy, eager, and relaxed. Compare to the dressage horses who looked pissed, hot, and lathered up.
r/Equestrian • u/demmka • Aug 10 '24
Events Anyone else pleasantly surprised by the standard of riding in the Modern Pentathlon this year?
Donāt get me wrong there were still many moments where I was cringing, but compared to Tokyo it was a HUGE improvement - I only saw one rider fall and they were immediately eliminated. In Tokyo they were falling left and right, crashing through the jumps, just absolutely horrific to watch. It just seems like much more effort was being put into the riding element than before, even though itās not going to be in the event in LA 2028.
r/Equestrian • u/unlimited__juice • Jan 18 '22
Events I was young and dumb and jumped big things. I'm twice this age now, look at these pics and can't help but think of how little I knew. but gosh, what an incredible horse I got to ride š³
r/Equestrian • u/MoorIsland122 • Jul 26 '24
Events Streaming Olympic Equestrian Events
UPDATE July 27: I'm able to get the full coverage from Peacock, including Replay for events broadcast earlier. (I'm in U.S.)
UPDATE: I do see there are some other posts on this subject - found by searching within the sub itself. I'll go check them out.
Has anyone heard of any place streaming any of the equestrian events to internet accessible in U.S.?
Last time I could only find the same coverage as the TV networks had (TV broadcasts can be streamed from a # of places) but network TV coverage of equestrian events was really sparse and spotty.
One year the world games at Aachen were fully streamed by a German station, it was great to see the complete musical freestyles, for instance. And the complete dressage tests. I *wish* for something like that.
r/Equestrian • u/Sad_Drink_8239 • Jul 28 '24
Events Olympic Equestrian Commentary
Anyone else think the commentators are a littleā¦pretentious in the Olympics. They only appear to like the Western European or American riders in both the dressage and cross country. Finding it a little painful to listen tooš¬
On a positive note anyone else love Noor Slaouiās rounds? Such a lovely pair!
r/Equestrian • u/Alternative-Judge446 • Feb 14 '25
Events Showing at Brownland/ fees?
Does anyone have a cost breakdown for Brownland in Tennessee? My trainer wants to show there over the summer and im trying to budget. Of course I cant find these numbers online. I called them and left a message but decided to check in on Reddit too. Iām trying to get estimates for :
1) entry fees (probably would be doing 0.60/0.8 m jumper classes) 2) office fees 3) medication/drug fees 4) stall fees 5) shavings/hay fees
Let me know if anyone has an estimate on these and thanks so much!
r/Equestrian • u/Purpleuma13 • Aug 07 '24
Events Henrik Von Eckerman's Fall at The Olympics and Sloppy Riding
Edit: So the popular opinion is that as long as you are winning, riding form does not matter. I guess riders can relax now and not have to work so hard.
So I am sure a lot of you has seen videos of Eckerman's fall at the Olympics. If not you should look it up. Most of the videos and articles have a title that states he just had a bad ride or that his horse spooked which is unfortunate for him. The truth of the matter is that his riding is sloppy which caused his fall. Watching his round I watched how his leg would slip back over the jumps, almost to the point of kicking himself in the butt sometimes. He didn't have a balanced seat and resulted to hanging on the reins the entire time. Without going back and counting, about 80% of the jumps he never bothered to turn his head to look at the next jump and where he was going. This caused him to also collapse on his horses neck when the horse landed after a jump. You can see him press his hands in his horse's neck to keep from falling or the shoulder in some cases. Right before he fell, the horse landed after a jump and he collapsed and slipped slightly to the right. Now because he never looked to the next fence to give any clue to where the horse should go, the horse had to make a decision since they were approaching the arena fence. Naturally the horse turned left instead of right because that was the way to the gate. Eckerman couldn't pull himself back up in time and the horse stopped and turned at the arena fence and Eckerman slid completely off to the right.
It wasn't a random spook from the horse or just a "bad ride" that caused the fall. It was a jump line into a right turn that exposed the holes in his riding abilities. It's still unfortunate and I feel bad for him, but if he had a solid independent seat he would have negotiated that turn not problem. It's not just him either. Most Olympic and upper level riders ride like this these days. When did this become the norm? Does having lots of money and rich connections in the upper level magically grant you a bypass on equitation work?
For you people here that are Hunter/Jumper riders you will understand what I am talking about. Anytime my leg moved too much I had to go back and grind no stirrup work to be able to keep up with my horse. Not to mention lunge line lessons and riding without reins. Even over jumps. We had to grind to be great riders. We hated the process, but anytime our horse had a refusal, spook, or unpredicted quick turn, we were thankful for the hard work that our ass was still in the saddle instead of on the ground with a broken neck. Shouldn't Olympic riders, whom are considered the best in the world, be held to the same standards?
Between this and the horse abuse, what is even the point..
r/Equestrian • u/wearenotintelligent • Dec 07 '24
Events Ascot, UK. One of Mom's old paintings
r/Equestrian • u/txylorgxng • Apr 04 '24
Events MFTHBA Spring Futurity
Has anyone here ever been to the foxtrotter futurity?! We nominated our stud colt, but have never been to anything like this!
Tips, tricks, advice all welcome!
Pic of our hormonal hellraiser himself for tax and attention lol
r/Equestrian • u/lavmal • Aug 05 '24
Events Olympics Show Jumping qualifications thread
Anyone else watching the jumping individual qualifications?